Poem - The Saffron Scent and the Waves of the Eyes

Kareem Abdullah is an Iraqi poet, novelist, and literary critic. He was born in Baghdad in 1962. Kareem Abdullah is the author of the book "Baghdad in Her New Dress" (2015, Book House) as well as several other poetry collections, novels, and plays. His name has appeared in many important Arabic literary magazines, and he won the Tajdeed Prose Poetry Prize in 2016. Kareem has eight poetry collections in Arabic, and his poems have been translated into several languages.
He is a member of the General Union of Writers and Poets in Iraq. He works as a psychotherapeutic rehabilitation specialist.

Kareem Abdullah is an Iraqi poet, novelist, and literary critic. He was born in Baghdad in 1962. Kareem Abdullah is the author of the book "Baghdad in Her New Dress" (2015, Book House) as well as several other poetry collections, novels, and plays. His name has appeared in many important Arabic literary magazines, and he won the Tajdeed Prose Poetry Prize in 2016. Kareem has eight poetry collections in Arabic, and his poems have been translated into several languages.
He is a member of the General Union of Writers and Poets in Iraq. He works as a psychotherapeutic rehabilitation specialist.

The Saffron Scent and the Waves of the Eyes

Your saffron dress, my love, radiates from every thread a light woven by time with threads of gold, as if the sky had given the earth its last color before departing. I hear every step you take, drawing me towards you, like a soft note in an ancient melody played by the wind. You are the whispers that seep through the royal fragrance, a fragrance known only to kings, and you alone are the one who narrates in my eyes the endless poems of love. Every strand of your hair, each one has a story to tell, but the most beautiful thing about you is what hides behind your eyes, where the scent of saffron and the dream of flourishing fields reside. And you, you are the flower whose voice is heard in the silence of the universe, when you breathe. In your eyes, I see the sky celebrating, and in your heart, this world revolves around itself, following your footsteps, as a river follows its course under the bright sun, and you, you are the sun that never sets.  All my dreams turn into roses when you touch them, you are the lady of the luxurious perfume that mingles with waves of love and sings the senses with a melody that echoes deep within. You are the one I live in and you are the one I see at every sunset when the colors of saffron creep into my sky, and the air sings about you, as rivers sing in time. Your love is time, and time is you.

©®Kareem Abdullah -Iraq



*Collected from the poet by Md Ejaj Ahamed*